284 Index
dairy products (continued)
nutrient density of, 121
and osteoporosis, 84-90
prohibited in Six-Week Diet, 183
reintroduced, 186
See also animal foods
DASH study, 240, 241
DDT, 81
dementia, 84
depression, x. 126, 127, 144
desserts, recipes for, 223-24
detoxification. See withdrawal symptoms
DHA (docosahexainoic acid)
deficiency of, 123-24, 126
from fish, 126, 127, 128. 233
plant-derived, 171, 183, 233
testing for. 170
diabetes
adult-onset (Type II), 159
advice for the patient, 163-64
body weight and, 16. 21, 158-61, 163
childhood (Type I), 159
complications from. 158, 159-60
fatty acid ratio and, 124, 125
high-protein diel and, 98
incidence of, x, 31
mortality rate, 32, 50, 54
medication for, 3, 160
and diel plan, 4, 11, 162
phasing oul, 161-62
reduction or elimination of risk, x, 25,
75, 101, 145, 160. 196
refined foods and. 31-32, 33
avoidance of, in diet, 163, 164, 167
starchy vegetables and. 180
See also insulin
Diamond, Seymour, and Diamond
Headache Clinic, 168
diet
American, see MAD (modern
American diel)
low-carbohydrate, 164
medical-pharmaceutical altitude
toward, 143
7 days ol nonvegetarian, 202-6
7 days of vegetarian, 199-202
See also low-calorie diel; low-fat diel;
vegetarian diet
dietary-caused illnesses (table), 144
dietary guidelines, xi, 53-54, 189-90
diet plans
Atkins diet, 5, 42, 92-98
and changing behavior, 193
D'Adamo (blood-iype), 107-13
dangerous, 5. 17-18, 41^15, 92-115
deviation from, 228-29
failure of, 5, 15-16, 17, 29, 115
"heart-healthy," 148
Life Plan, 175, 185-94
low-nutrient, 18, 114
NTH, 190
one pound-one pound rule, 120, 177,
178, 190
plant-food-based. American accept-
ance of, 247-48
Six-Week, 175, 176-85, 188
Sugar Busters, 42
suggested reading list, 113
Zone diel (Sears). 92, 99-105
diet supplements, 55-56, 95. 225-28
for the elderly. 226
iron, avoidance of, 55, 226
See also vitamins
dioxin, 88-89, 236
dips, recipes for, 211
diverticulosis, 84
DNA
prevention of damage to, 54, 58, 59
repair enzymes enhanced, 25
Dr. Atkins' Health Revolution (Alkins), 92,
93
drugs. See medication
Dunkin'Donuts, 133
Eades, Michael and Mary, 92
Eat More, Weigh Less (Ornish), 113
Eat Right for Your Type (D'Adamo),
107-13
edamame (soybeans), 183. See also
vegetables
EFAs (essential (any acids). 123-24
eggs
fat conicnt of. 135
egg whites or Egg Beaters, 183
eicosanoids, 99, 103
elderly, the
diel supplements for, 226
lowering blood pressure in, 157
embolus. 128, 132
empty-calorie food. See junk food;
processed (refined) food
EPA (eicospentainoic acid), 123. 124,
128, 183
ephedra alkaloids (ma huang), 227-28
Eskimos, hip-fracture rate of, 87
Esselstyn, Caldwell, 150